Guitar legend T-Bone Walker, top, pioneered the jump blues style of ... huge influence in turning the music of the Mississippi Delta into modern-style electric blues In 1920 Mamie Smith became ...

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How does that affect your music? Oscar: Well, me with the old and him with the new ... which Oscar's singing from his heart or it's jump blues. We want to engage people and have them actively ...